Jenny Jones won Great Britain's first medal at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, and her country's first ever on snow, after a superb run in the women's snowboard slopestyle event earned her bronze.

At 33, Jones was the oldest entrant in the final, but she showed her experience in a competitive final - saving her best run of the week for her last attempt.

Jones was considered as a medal chance at the first ever snowboard slopestyle event, but hopes appeared slim after she failed to qualify automatically for the final on Thursday.

She earned her route to the showpiece event with a third-place finish in the semi-final on Sunday morning.

She was fifth after the first run in the final, but then a clean, near flawless, second attempt gave her a genuine chance of a medal. "It feels amazing," Jones told BBC Sport. "I cannot believe it, I just can't believe it.

"I knew I was going to drop but I didn't know how far. I am just so happy.

"It was so difficult waiting. I thought I did my best run and landed it as best as I could. With the course the way it was, I did my best run."

Her score of 87.25 briefly put her top of the standings and although she was overtaken by Finland's Enni Rukajarvi (92.50), who took silver, and gold medallist Jamie Anderson (95.25), her third-place finish is a wonderful achievement.

Jones' bronze came on just the second day of the competition, and is Great Britain's earliest ever medal at a Winter Games.